An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 28-year-old-man, Dare Audu, accused of murdering his daughter, Ayomide, by raping her, be remanded pending legal advice.
The Chief Magistrate, Bankole Oluwasanmi, did not take the plea of Audu, who was charged with murder, for want in jurisdiction.
The Magistrate directed the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
He adjourned the case until March 23 for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that Audu committed the offence on February 19 in Ilawe-Ekiti.
Akinwale alleged that the defendant murdered his six-year-old child.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
In her statement to the police, the mother of the deceased, Eniola Aina, said she got married to the defendant some years ago, adding that the marriage was blessed with a child.
She noted that she left Dare’s house four years ago due to his “nonchalant and carefree attitude”.
Aina said: “On the fateful day, he came to my house in Ilawe Ekiti and requested to take out the deceased, which I obliged.
“He returned the girl around 12am and left.
“Shortly after that, the deceased began to complain of headache and ache in her private parts.
“She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she told me ‘my father raped me’.
“She eventually died on the second day.”
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